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Mammoth Mum 
DOUBLE FRENCH 
For planting in beds and borders the 
Dwarf Double French Marigolds have little 
competition. They grow about 12 inches 
tall and are covered with lovely fully 
double blooms from, mid-summer until 
frost. French Marigolds bloom most freely 
in fairly lean soil. 
_ BUTTERBALL. Covered with double 
butter yellow flowers having a clustered 
center and broader guard petals. 12 inches 
tall. 2189—Pkt., 15¢; % oz., 35e. 
HARMONY. Gay, two toned dwarf Mari- 
golds. 12 to 14 in. tall, 1% inches in diam- 
eter. Has a crested center, flanked by 
showy guard petals, 2149—Pkt., 10ce; 1% oz., 
20c. 
SCARLET GLOW. The brightest dwarf 
double French Marigold today with flow- 
ers measuring 
inches in diam- 
eter. On‘ dull: 
-days they exhibit 
a bronzy cast 
but are brilliant 
red in full sun. 
12 inches, 2191 
—Pkt. 15e; % oz. 
35e. : 
SPRY. Neat, 
very compact 
plants bearing 
a profusion of 
fully double 
flowers, orange 
and maroon. 
Blooms all Snr i 
mer, 2192—Pkt., - 
15¢e; % oz., 40e. Spry 
YELLOW PIGMY. An extra-dwarf va- 
riety only 6 inches tall completely covered 
with double one-inch yellow flowers. 2194 
—Pkt., 10e; 144 02., 25e. 
_ MIXED. Large double flowers in a great 
many shades all mixed. 12 inches. 2158— 
Pkt., 10c; 4% oz., 15¢e; %4 oz, 25e. 
MONARCH MIXED. A special strain, 
producing a lovely array of orange, yel- 
low and mahogany flowers in a fine mix- 
ture. Is literally covered with flowers 
and grows 12 inches high. 2157—Pkt., 15e; 
1% O“., 25e; 14 oz. 40c. 
POOR MAN’S ORCHID 
SCHIZAN- 
THUS. Annual, 
Also called But- 
terfly Flower. Of 
easy, cultures 
growing nicely 
in’ any ordinary 
good garden soil. 
The beautiful 
bushy plants, 
about 18 inches 
high, have finely 
laciniated  foli- 
age and are cev- 
ered with large 
flowers, which 
are handsomely 
marked with 
contrasting pas- 
tel .shades. 
Mixed. 2369— Schizanthus 
Pkt., 15c. 
PINKS PORTULACA 
See Page 48 See Page 50 
 MARIGOLDS— 
_No garden should be without Marigolds. 
-ties have been created including a tremen 
color, 
at all. 
where. 
DOUBLE AFRICAN 
_ ALL DOUBLE ORANGE. Huge 8 to 4 
inch flowers on plants 2% to 8 ft: tall. 
The flowers are compact, fully double 
and of rich orange color. 2179—Pkt., 
lie; % oz., 40c. 
ALL DOUBLE LEMON. Same habit 
and size as All Double Orange but the 
color is clear bright yellow, 2180—Pkt., 
lie; % oz., 40c. \ 
CROWN OF GOLD. Golden orange, 
chrysanthemum-like top or crown, sur- 
rounded by a collar of big broad petals 
of golden orange! Lovely. 2% feet. 
2155—Pkt., 10c; 144 oz., 30c. 
GIANT CHRYSANTHEMUM FLOW- 
ERED MIXED. An excellent mixture 
of this appealing type. 2184—Pkt., 15¢; 
1% oz, 40c. 
GIGANTEA ORANGE SUNSET. A su- 
per size flower of fine deep orange. 
Sweet scented. A selected variety from 
the mixed described below. 2185—Pkt., 
lise; % oz., 50c. 
GIGANTEA SUNSET GIANTS: MIXED. 
The largest Marigold developed, often 
measuring 5 inches across, while those 
grown for show purposes have measured 
7% or 8 inches! The flowers are full cen- 
tered, of great depth, with broad, heavy, 
gracefully overlapping’ petals. 3% to 4 
feet tall. Mixed colors. 2161—Pkt., 15¢; 
¥% 0z., 35e. (See color illustration Page 42.) 
GUINEA GOLD. One of the most popu- 
lar. Bears an abundance of large carna- 
tion-like flowers of a deep gold-orange 
color. 2156—Pkt., 15¢; 1% oz., 40c. 
MAMMOTH MUM. Sturdy 30-inch plants 
covered throughout the summer and fall 
with fluffy light sulphur yellow blooms 
measuring 3144 inches : 
across. 2186—Pkt., 25e: 
YK Of, TSC. 
REAL GOLD. 1945 
All America Winner. 
Tall with fully double 
large blooms the color 
of brilliant gold. 2187 
—Pkt., 20c; 1% oz., 65e. 
YELLOW SU. 
PREME. Extra large 
blooms of an intense 
rich sulphur yellow. 
Sweet scented. 2188—= 
PkKt., lie; 14% oz., 40c, 
MIXED. Large, dou. 
ble flowers, gorgeous 
shades of light lemon 
to deep orange. Hle- 
gant for cutting and 
showy in the garden, blooming profusely. 
2152—Pkt., 10c; 1% oz., 15¢; %4 o7., 25e. 
DWARF DOUBLE MIXED 
Brilliant shades of yellow and orange. 
Double fiowers just as large as the tall 
sort above, but on low plants, 15 inches 
sep: 2154—Pkt., 10¢; 144 oz., 15¢e; %4 0oz., 
OC. 
Yellow Supreme 
Perennial Painted Daisies or Pyrethrum 
Floral Pleno 
PYRETHRUM 
PAINTED DAISY. Perennial. One of 
the finest daisy-like flowers grown today. 
White, rose and red shades. 2 feet. 
SINGLE MIXED. Brilliantly 
single flowers. 2424—Pkt., 15e. 
DOUBLE MIXED. Double flowers in 
many shades. <A small percentage may 
come single, 2423—Pkt., 20c. 
PHYSALIS 
See Chinese Lantern, Page 46 
colored 
JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO., LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN 
Si , 
In recent years many new and fine varie- 
dous range of form and many shades of 
Most of the new ones have much less odor than old varieties and some none 
It is certainly one of the most satisfactory of modern flowers and grows any-~ 
Flash Marigold 
FRENCH MARIGOLDS 
FLASH 
Gives an amazing flash of color all sum- 
mer and fall! “Flash” describes the colors 
and hues from vivid red through bronze, 
tangerine, and yellow. 18 inches high. 
Grand for borders and solid beds. 2148— 
Pkt., 15¢e; % oz., 35e. 
NAUGHTY MARIETTA 
_ (1947 All America Award)—This de- 
lightful Dwarf French Marigold is covered 
completely throughout the summer and 
fall with a mass of flowers. The individual 
blooms measure 2% inches across and 
combine glossy rich golden-yellow with a 
contrasting maroon blotch at the base of 
each petal. Grows 12 to 18 inches tall. 
2196—Pkt., 15¢; % oz., 40e. 
REDHEAD 
(1948 All America Award)—It is by far 
the most vividly colored of them all with 
large single blooms of a bright red which 
Sscintillate in full sunlight and turn to 
bronze-red as the blooms age. The heavy 
crested center petals are tipped with 
brown and gold, a color combination which 
greatly adds to its beauty. 2197—Pkt., 
20c; large pkt., 50c. 
TAGETES 
SIGNATA PUMILA. Plants 8 to 10 inches 
tall covered with hundreds of tiny, very 
small, deep orange Marigolds. Makes a 
very fine border. Blooms freely. 2147— 
Pkt., 10ce; % 0oz., 30¢e. 
MEXICAN FIRE PLANT 
EUPHORBIA HETEROPHYLLA. An- 
nual. About mid-summer the top leaves 
become attractively marked with rich 
orange-scarlet. 2 to 8 ft. 200—Pkt., 15e. 
-PENTSTEMON 
Perennial. Beautiful plants with broad 
green foliage and spikes of tubular flow- 
ers. ‘2 to 2% feet. 
MIXED. Blooms first year from seed. 
30 in. Every branch is a spike of bright 
colors, including rose, carmine, red, laven- 
der, and violet, mixed. 2305—Pkt., 15e. 
POPPIES 
Annual. Poppies are always desirable 
for .their showy colors. Sow early in 
spring where they are to remain, as they 
do not stand transplanting. 
DOUBLE BEGONIA FLOWERED. Mixed. 
Beautiful double flowers in all the splendid 
colors of the annual poppy. 2384—Pkt., 
15e; % oz., 25e. 
MAMMOTH SHIRLEY. The flowers are 
mostly single, but occasionally semi-dou- 
ble, and range in color from the purest 
white to the deepest blood-red, all mixed, 
2383—Pkt., 10c; 4% oz., 20e. 
PERENNIAL POPPIES 
While these are hardy perennials, they 
usually flower the first year. 
ICELAND POPPY. Blooms all summer. 
The immense flowers range in color from 
sulphur-yellow to crimson. Prefers moist 
soil and light shade. Mixed colors. 1 foot. 
2394—Pkt., 10c. 
DOUBLE ICELAND POPPY. 
A double 
form of the above, ina " 
fine mixture. 2395—=< 
Pkt., 15e. 
ORIENTAL POP- 
PIES. 2% feet. The 
showy flaming flowers 
of pink to deepest red 
are often 6 inches 
across. Loves full sun. 
2379—Pkt., 20e. 
Oriental Poppy 
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